Authorizes a county, city, town or village to override a governor's declaration of a state disaster emergency in all or part of the territorial limits of such local government.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1924
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 14, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. WEBER, BORRELLO, MATTERA, OBERACKER, O'MARA, ROLI-
SON, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
Affairs
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to authorizing a county,
city, town or village to override a state disaster emergency in all or
part of the territorial limits of such local government
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 28 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
3 6. A county, city, town or village may, at any time, limit or super-
4 sede a governor's declaration of a disaster emergency by executive order
5 issued under this section, by issuing a local state of emergency and
6 local emergency orders under section twenty-four of this article. The
7 local state of emergency and local emergency orders shall only effect
8 part or all of the territorial limits of such local government.
9 § 2. Section 29-a of the executive law is amended by adding a new
10 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
11 5. A county, city, town or village may, at any time, limit or super-
12 sede a governor's declaration of a disaster emergency by executive
13 order issued under this section, by issuing a local state of emergency
14 and local emergency orders under section twenty-four of this article.
15 The local state of emergency and local emergency orders shall only
16 effect part or all of the territorial limits of such local government.
17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
18 executive order issued by the governor on or after January 1, 2025.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03469-01-5
